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Meeting of the Formators of Europe and the Middle East
From the 31st of January to the 2nd of February, more than thirty Formators met to discuss the revision of the Ratio Institutionis. They addressed issues related to the different phases of training and the elements t...
Anniversaries related to Saint Therese of Lisieux
During this six-year period (2021-2027) we shall celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Thérèse of the Child Jesus (2023) and the first centenary of her canonization (2025). The 2021 General Chapter decided to propose to the Order a cyc...
Vietnam: new school year inaugurated
The Temporary Professed Sisters of the Member Monasteries of the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Association of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns in Vietnam were so excited to begin the new term of study on November 2nd 2022. Thanks be to Go...
Mexico: 56th Assembly of COPEFOR (Permanent Commission for Formation)
From the 7th to 10th of November 2022, in our CESP Spirituality Center in Guadalajara (Jalisco), the 56th Assembly of COPEFOR (Permanent Commission for Formation) of the Carmelite Family was held in Mexico. ...
Teresianum: inauguration of the academic year of 2022-2023
Friday October 14th, the Teresianum celebrated the inauguration of the new academic year. The eucharistic celebration was held by S.Emza. Cardinal Kurt Koch, director of the Dicasterium for the promotion of the unity of Christians. ...
News of the inauguration of DIGICARMEL
Starting on October 15th the digital project of “Digicarmel” has been open to the public (www.digicarmel.com): we discover it with P. Angelo Lanfranchi, General house of the Order archivist....
Germany: formation trip in the footsteps of St. John of the Cross in Andalusia
From the 1st to the 10th of September, ten confreres from the German and Austrian provinces left for Andalusia to walk in the footsteps of St. John of the Cross, under the guidance of Fr. Ulrich Dobhan, according to the Germa...
Poland: work meeting on the Ratio of the Carmelite Nuns
The meeting of the Discalced Carmelite nuns of the Federation of the Holy Spirit took place once again in the monastery of the Carmelite friars in Przemyśl. A group of sisters worked on the new Ratio, a document that helps in initial and...
Reflection Group of the CICLA (Union of Major Superiors of the Friars of Latin America)
On the 7th August, Fr. Leonel Ceniceros, Provincial of Mexico, Fr. Milton Moulton, Commissioner of Chile, Fr. Robin Calle, Delegate of Ecuador, and Fr. Martín Martínez of the Generalate, officially constituted the CICLA Reflection Gro...
Congo: Session of formation and preparation for solemn vows for the Discalced Carmelite Friars of Africa and Madagascar
On July 4, 2022, 19 simply professed friars met at the “THERESIANUM” spirituality center in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo). They came from the Commissariat of Congo, the Commissariat of Madagascar, the Provincial Delegation of...
CITeS: First International Youth Meeting on Mysticism and Humanism
The first international Youth meeting on Mysticism and Humanism, “The challenge of interiority” was held at CITeS from July 17 to 24. Five themes were discussed in the first five days of the Meeting: “The labyrinth: the ch...
India: Second Novitiate Course 2022
The second novitiate course of the year 2022, organized in Pushpadaan (Calicut), the theme of which was “With Empty Hands”, has just ended. The participants came from 7 provinces: 9 from Manjummel; 2 from South Kerala; 6 from Malabar; ...
USA: SAINT TERESA ASSOCIATION FORMATORS’ MEETING
It was with joy and gratitude, that the Formators of the Saint Teresa Association were finally able to gather for their first time ever in person Formators’ meeting from March 7th till the 12th of this year. We had had to...
1st MEETING OF COMMISSION FOR REVISION OF THE RATIO INSTITUTIONIS
The Commission for the Revision of the Ratio Institutionis of the Order held its 1st meeting, by zoom, on April 4, 2022. The General Chapter of 2021 had considered that such a revision was overdue, so Fr, General subsequently...
TERESIANUM CELEBRATES 25th ANNIVERSARY OF DOCTORATE OF SAINT THERESE
The Teresianum held an Academic Day on 13 May in celebration of the Silver Jubilee of St. Therese’s declaration as a Doctor of the Church. At the morning session, Professors Fr. Francois-Marie Lethel presented “The Story of a S...
